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Dealing With Pets When Selling Your Home

by TonyG5003 on November 5, 2011

Selling a Home with Pets

If you think selling your home is stressful on you and your family, just think what it’s doing to your pets! They know when something is going on within the family, and with all the activity, they’re sure to be quite worked up. How do you handle pets when selling your home? You need to remove [...]

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How to Handle a Buyer’s Home Inspection

by TonyG5003 on October 17, 2011

You have the buyer’s contract in hand, the offer is good – but what about that home inspection that has the sale of your home hanging in the balance? Home inspections are normally requested by a potential buyer as a condition of their contract. Should the home have significant issues that are found during the [...]

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How to Wow Home Buyers During House Showings

by TonyG5003 on October 17, 2011

Most home buyers are looking for just that, a home – not a work in progress.  As a seller, you need to make sure your house appears as low maintenance as possible both inside and out.  To do this, all of those outstanding projects that have been building up the ‘honey-do’ list for years need [...]

Affordable Homes in Issaquah and Snoqualmie

by TonyG5003 on October 15, 2011

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Looking for  affordable homes in Issaquah or Snoqualmie? You’ve heard this statement for years: “There has never been a better time to buy a home.” The difference now is that it’s likely true! Since the housing bubble burst in 2007-2008, the costs associated with buying a home have plummeted, and interest rates are at historic [...]

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Use of Texting in Real Estate – Part 2

by TonyG5003 on May 10, 2011

Following-up on my earlier Texting Real Estate Clients post… Don’t get me wrong… I would indeed use texting if a client chose to use this as a method of communication. But I vehemently disagree with actually advocating and promoting it as a “smart” and/or professional way of communicating while doing business. It’s just much too [...]

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Texting with Real Estate Clients – Part 1

by TonyG5003 on May 9, 2011

Today, I came across a post on a popular real estate blog for agents about the use of Texting with real estate clients. I was floored (and disappointed) by how many agents 100% agree with with the use of texting as a “must have” communication tool – meaning, if you’re not using it, you’re failing [...]

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